Grotesque Binding:Paperback to a stint as a

to a stint as a city bartender at what might have been a drug front

she meets another displaced child and they

and places filled with pieces handed down from generations past

Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and its war

This remarkable novel begins in 1850s Louisiana

Grotesque Binding:Paperback to a stint as aLife at the prestigious Q High School for Girls in Tokyo exists on a precise social axis: a world of insiders and outsiders, of haves and have nots. Beautiful Yuriko and her unpopular, unnamed sister exist in different spheres; the hopelessly awkward Kazue Sato floats around among them, trying to fit in. Years later, Yuriko and Kazue are dead both have become prostitutes and both have been brutally murdered. Natsuo Kirino, celebrated author of Out,